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If you’re planning a trip to Turkey soon, you may wonder where you should go in this large and beautiful country. Each region of Turkey has a diverse culture and points of interest. Let’s have a look at the most prominent regions for tourists and what you might expect to find in each. Turkey is […]

Known to Turks as Green Marmaris (Yeşil Marmaris) because of its pine- and olive-clad mountains, the resort city of Marmaris is set on a broad mountain-ringed bay 3 hours by road east of Bodrum, 2 hours by road west of Dalyan (map), and just across the water from the Greek island of Rhodes. It’s among Turkey’s most popular seaside resorts for foreign tourists coming […]

  Here are my favorite images of Turkey’s Mediterranean Coast. Click on the small image (or the label beneath it) to see a larger one. Med Mount & Sea Konyaaltı Beach Dramatic Statue Harbor at Dusk Kaleiçi Roofs Roman Sarcophagus Blue Voyage Gulet Butterfly Valley Olimpos Valley Mamure Castle Dalyan Fish Weirs Antakya Mosaic Side Museum Torsos Grapes […]

Dalaman’s taxi drivers have a lock on Dalaman Airport local transport. It’s nearly impossible to find a minibus that will take you along the 6 km between the airport terminal and the town center, so plan on hiring—or sharing—a taxi for the first leg of your journey. Look for others on your flight to share a taxi: tell […]

From Dalaman Airport, Havaş airport buses run to and from Marmaris supposedly in conjunction with all arriving and departing flights. In Marmaris, buses arrive and depart from the main bus terminal (otogar), and stop at Gökova, Köyceğiz, Ortaca (for Dalyan) and Dalaman Town along the way. Notify the driver, and he will stop at any point you wish. For the return trip to the airport, the bus departs […]

Sarıgerme Beach , 5.2 km (3.2 miles) southwest of Dalaman on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast (map), is among my favorite Turkish beaches.

Here’s a map of Southwestern Turkey where the Aegean coastmeets the Mediterranean coast, including the towns of Bodrum, Dalaman (and its important airport), Datça, Köycegiz, Ören, Ortaca (where you turn off the highway for Dalyan), Marmaris, Milas, Mugla, and Also shown are the Greek islands of Kos, Nisyros, Rodos (Rhodes), Symi and Tilos. In summer, there’s frequent ferry service from Bodrum and Marmaris to Kos and Rodos. The major airports are Milas-Bodrum (BJV) and Dalaman (DLM). Maps of Turkey Where to Buy Maps Maps Homepage Guidebooks Homepage Maps from Tulumba.com […]

The Kamil Koç bus company operating from Offices 143, 144, 145 and 146 at Istanbul‘s Büyük Otogar (main bus terminal) is one of Turkey’s oldest and largest, running buses from Istanbul to: Afyon Akçay Aktur Alanya Altınoluk Altınova Ankara Antalya Aydın Ayvalik Balıkesir Bandırma Biga Bodrum Bozüyük Bucak Burdur Burhaniye Bursa Çanakkale Çeşme Çine Dalaman Datça Denizli Didim (Didyma) Edremit Erdek Eskişehir […]

Beyşehir, the “city of the prince,” is 92 km (57 miles) west of Konya on the shore of Beyşehir Lake (map). Travelers stop here for two reasons mainly: to visit the wonderful Eşrefoğlu Mosque and to dine on fresh fishfrom the lake. Eşrefoğlu Mosque The Eşrefoğlu Camii (esh-REHF-oh-loo jah-mee; 1296-1299) is the finest example of the Seljuk Turkish flat-wooden-ceiling and wooden column-style of mosque construction in […]

Tucked away in the hills outside the village of Faralya(Uzunyurt), near Ölüdeniz, the Mandarin Boutique Hotel is the dream-come-true of Ms Ayşegül Nakkaş. It’s a real refuge from the madness of the world: eight suites with four-poster beds, fireplaces, whirlpool bathtubs (each next to a window for the view), Ottoman-style furnishings, art and accents, Turkish carpets and kilims and, […]

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Free Google Map Adana Street Plan (from Tulumba) Alanya City Plan & Map (from Tulumba) Antalya Region (free map) From Kas and Kale/Demre/Myra in the west to Alanya in the east, including Beşkonak, Selge and the Köprülü Kanyon. Antalya Street Plan (from Tulumba) Fethiye City Plan & Map (from Tulumba) Kaş & Kalkan City Plan & Map (from Tulumba) Kemer City Plan & Map (from Tulumba) Köyceğiz-Dalyan City Plan & Map Marmaris […]

It’s handy to have good city plans and road maps before you depart on your trip to Turkey, but if you don’t, no worries. You’ll find lots of good maps readily available on sale in Turkey when you arrive. Maps of Turkey —Here’s a free Google Map of Turkey. Touristic Map of Turkey Shows most of the places you’ll visit. Click to […]